Following last
week’s launch of The Cyber Security Breaches Survey which found that one in
four large firms are experiencing a cyber breach at least once a month, only
half of all firms have taken any recommended actions to identify and address
vulnerabilities.
Less than a
third of all firms, had any formal written cyber security policies and only 10%
had an incident management plan in place.
This
demonstrates that companies are not ready for cyber-attacks and are not taking
the most basic precautions, technically and through education or training.
I am pleased to be supporting aql’s
commitment to working with businesses in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region we
are helping all companies to improve their own protection by supporting the
Regional Cyber-security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP)
In order to
help promote the CiSP aql have commissioned me to undertake work on
behalf of the CiSP to improve membership and build activity across the region
aql’s CEO Dr
Adam Beaumont, who is the designated business champion for CiSP in the Region said
“Leeds is the second financial centre in the UK and a global centre for
eHealth and we are dependent on London for connectivity, and connectivity is
the lifeblood of a business these days.”
“Whilst we help provide connectivity and substantial storage for many
parties both public and private we want to ensure that companies in this region
protect themselves and make the internet a safe place to operate and do
business. That’s why I want to see the CiSP succeed. By supporting the joint
efforts of businesses across the region we are helping build growth and make
our community safer.
A valuable part of that effort is to support the CiSP itself, I am
pleased to announce that I have engaged Stuart Hyde QPM to act on behalf of Yorkshire
and Humberside businesses to help develop the CiSP”
I am very honoured to be asked by aql, an exceptional example of growth within the Region, to help drive the CiSP in Yorkshire and Humberside. CiSP is a key national strategy to make the UK a safer place online, and it should be capable of helping businesses to protect themselves.